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Backyard Renaissance’s ‘Witchland’ an Effective Example of a Rare Theatre Genre
I admired the skill and technical ability it took to produce ‘Witchland’, the Backyard Renaissance production currently “haunting” the Tenth Avenue Arts Center…
Read MoreLa Jolla Playhouse’s ‘to the yellow house’ Fascinating, Long
worthy subject, worthy play, worthy production. Like most world premieres, it still needs work…
Read MoreThe Roustabouts Return With a Mixed Bag Bill of Short Plays
The Roustabouts return to live theatre by presenting Christopher Durang’s For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls at Moxie Theatre. While the title selection is hilarious, the other three short plays that comprise the evening are a mixed bag….
Read MoreA Comedy About the Civil War? NCRT’s ‘Ben Butler’ Has Laughs as Collateral
Richard Strand’s play, “Ben Butler,” is the embodiment of what Shakespeare meant when he wrote, “The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers…”
Read MoreCoincidence Rules in Globe’s ‘Shutter Sisters’
There’s a lot of coincidence in Mansa Ra’s world premiere play, Shutter Sisters. Perhaps too much…
Read MoreSD Rep’s ‘Mother Road’ Provides an Auspicious Return to Live Theatre
Octavio Solis has written Mother Road, now playing at the San Diego Repertory Theatre, as a reversal on John Steinbeck’s classic novel, The Grapes of Wrath. Where Steinbeck’s novel portrays the Joad family leaving Oklahoma for the hope of a better life, Mother Road takes the trip in reverse…
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